Words matter. These are the best Joseph Heller Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Frankly, I’d like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry.
I think Haig will be foolish, but perhaps not quite as foolish as Kissinger was, because Haig doesn’t have the education Kissinger had. Haig is a little more dangerous because, I fear, he believes what he says, whereas I never got that impression from Kissinger.
I do not have, and never had, any interest in either the Bible or religion.
I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.
I had examined myself pretty thoroughly and discovered that I was unfit for military service.
I’ve adjusted to this, that my books are not going to get unanimously good reviews.
The enemy is anybody who’s going to get you killed, no matter which side he’s on.
He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt.
He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody.
We do have a zeal for laughter in most situations, give or take a dentist.
Some people are born mediocre, some people achieve mediocrity, and some people have mediocrity thrust upon them.
Every writer I know has trouble writing.
I’d like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private individuals.
The idea of using actual clippings came about as a way of characterizing Gold. Gold uses clippings because he hates doing research and is not even really interested in the books and articles he writes.
Destiny is a good thing to accept when it’s going your way. When it isn’t, don’t call it destiny; call it injustice, treachery, or simple bad luck.
Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You’ll always regret it.
I’ve only had four ideas for a novel in my life, and I’ve written all of them.
He knew everything about literature except how to enjoy it.
I don’t believe in miracles because it’s been a long time since we’ve had any.
But that was war. Just about all he could find in its favor was that it paid well and liberated children from the pernicious influence of their parents.
When I read something saying I’ve not done anything as good as ‘Catch-22’ I’m tempted to reply, ‘Who has?’
Hungry Joe collected lists of fatal diseases and arranged them in alphabetical order so that he could put his finger without delay on any one he wanted to worry about.
I think in every country that there is at least one executive who is scared of going crazy.
When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
Rise above principle and do what’s right.
